best performing mega cap stocks 1984-1988

McDonald’s (MCD) had the highest return between 1984 and 1988 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 522.4%.

ASSET YEARS % RETURN
McDonald’s (MCD)
1984-1988
522.41%
Merck (MRK)
1984-1988
334.21%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1984-1988
317.93%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
1984-1988
282.48%
Oracle (ORCL)
1984-1988
280.47%
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
1984-1988
261.54%
PepsiCo (PEP)
1984-1988
256.64%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
1984-1988
247.63%
Apple (AAPL)
1984-1988
234.73%
Walmart (WMT)
1984-1988
228.59%
Coca-Cola (KO)
1984-1988
198.49%
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
1984-1988
147.08%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
1984-1988
138.38%
Bank of America (BAC)
1984-1988
121.87%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
1984-1988
111.85%
American Express (AXP)
1984-1988
91.23%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
1984-1988
89.37%
Chevron (CVX)
1984-1988
87.24%
Procter & Gamble (PG)
1984-1988
86.41%
Home Depot (HD)
1984-1988
81.81%
GE Aerospace (GE)
1984-1988
80.33%
JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
1984-1988
52.06%
Caterpillar (CAT)
1984-1988
38.78%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
1984-1988
35.87%
International Business Machines (IBM)
1984-1988
17.97%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.